T Narasipur: Unable to repay loans borrowed to support her family, a mother and two daughters entered into a suicide pact on Thursday and consumed pesticide tablets. While the mother and elder daughter died, the younger daughter escaped from the jaws of death. The victims have been identified as Asha (30), a resident of Vatalpura…
Man kills wife, buries her
August 5, 2017Chamarajanagar: The Town Police have been successful in nabbing a man, who had committed the dastardly crime of killing his wife and burying her clandestinely. Abdul Asif, a resident of Galipura Extension here, is the person arrested. He has allegedly murdered his wife, the unfortunate Baby Ayesha (35). Asif had married Ayesha from Mysuru about…
City Traffic Cops get first-aid training
August 5, 2017Mysuru: Over 250 Traffic Police Officers recently underwent basic life support and first-aid training at Shanthaveri Gopalagowda Hospital in city. They were taught how to carefully tackle accident cases and provide them first-aid. Administration of proper first-aid immediately after any accident could save a lot of lives. According to City Police Commissioner Dr. A. Subrahmanyeswara…
‘Extend all facilities to Pourakarmikas’
August 5, 2017Natl. Safai Karmachari Commission Member in city Mysuru: Importance must be given to provide housing, health and education to Pourakarmikas and their family members, said National Safai Karmachari Commission Member Jagadish Hiremane here this morning. He was speaking to media persons at the DC office where he held a review meeting. Stating that the Pourakarmikas…
Mega health camp tomorrow to mark Sreenivasa Prasad’s birthday
August 5, 2017Mysuru: A free mega health check-up camp has been organised by V. Sreenivasa Prasad Abhimani Balaga on Aug. 6 at the Government Girls High School in Ashokapuram here from 9 am to 4 pm to mark the 70th birthday of former Minister V. Sreenivasa Prasad. Addressing a press meet at Patrakarthara Bhavan here recently, former…
KRRS stages demonstration demanding release of water to canals
August 5, 2017Mysuru: Demanding release of water in all canals of KRS, Kabini and Harangi reservoirs and to fill up large water bodies through lift irrigation projects, over 100 farmers, under the banner of KRRS and Hasiru Sene, staged a demonstration in front of Cauvery CADA office on Sayyaj Rao Road here this morning. Lashing out at…
Deadline for Yeshasvini registration extended till Aug. 31
August 5, 2017Mysuru: The deadline to register for Yeshasvini Health Scheme for members of Farmer Co-operative Societies and Urban Co-operative Societies has been extended till Aug. 31, according to the Deputy Registrar of Co-operative Societies Dr. G. Umesh. Members of functional Co-operative Societies and Banks, Sthree Shakti Groups and Transgenders can register under the scheme and avail…
DC directs authorities to popularise Yeshasvini scheme
August 5, 2017Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner (DC) D. Randeep has directed the authorities to popularise Yeshasvini Co-operative Health Scheme. Chairing a District Co-ordination Committee Meeting on Yeshasvini Co-operative Health Scheme focusing on farmers at his office here recently, Randeep said that Karnataka has the highest number of registrations under the scheme in 2015-16. But the State has slipped…
UoM Academic Council approves PG lecturers as valuators
August 5, 2017Mysuru: The Academic Council meeting chaired by Acting Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dayandand Mane approved that the lecturers in Post Graduate departments will also be eligible to become valuators. This decision was taken at the AC meeting held here this morning at the Crawford Hall after much deliberation. The number of Postgraduate departments have gone up in…
Small is beautiful
August 5, 2017Industrial revolution dating back to more than two centuries is attributed to aggressive new class of manufacturers employing machines and other practices threatening the survival of skilled artisans and their time-honoured trades. History provides a large number of instances of machine-based, instead of man-based, industries and their promoters degrading the dignity of the traditional trades…
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